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    Isaac De Witt

    Birth: 1795

    Death: unknown

    Alternate First Name: DeWitt

Biography

He possibly could have employed a hired man in 1840. The cayuga county 1860 census listed him as a farmer who owned $1,200 worth of real estate.

In the184008246FMS_WHS letter FMS asks WHS to "enquire of Nicholas (for me) what has become of, Isaac De Witt’s hired man - I have particular reasons for the
inquiry."

Letter References

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to Clarinda Miller McClallen, September 27, 1840

Letter from Frances Miller Seward to William Henry Seward, August 26, 1840

Citations

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Biography: 
He possibly could have employed a hired man in 1840. The cayuga county 1860 census listed him as a farmer who owned $1,200 worth of real estate. In the184008246FMS_WHS letter FMS asks WHS to "enquire of Nicholas (for me) what has become of, Isaac De Witt’s hired man - I have particular reasons for the inquiry."
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Citation Notes: 
1865 Census provides his age as "65" so we can assume his birth year is 1795. Year: 1860; Census Place: Owasco, Cayuga, New York; Roll: M653_729; Page: 484; Family History Library Film: 803729
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